Journalism at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

If you plan to study journalism, take a look at what Oklahoma State University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 24,535. In 2021, 30 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from OSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

OSU Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

OSU Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how OSU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at OSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Journalism. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	105
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	213

How Much Do Journalism Graduates from OSU Make?

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at OSU is $33,432. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $31,781 for all journalism bachelor's degree recipients.

Journalism Student Demographics at OSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.

OSU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 journalism students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from OSU, about 23% were men and 77% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at OSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oklahoma State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

OSU also has a doctoral program available in journalism. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• Public Relations & Advertising

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OK, the home state for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Editors	700	$44,380
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$38,300
Photographers	360	$31,940
Communications Professors	330	$50,700
Radio and Television Announcers	310	$35,900

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By DBinfo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.